This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Mohamed
Introduction
Keeping your portfolio up to date is a must for every developer. After launching my first SaaS project, I realized it was time to refresh my own.
To make the process more enjoyable, I went with a vibe-driven development flow — building intuitively and having fun with it. Here are the tools that shaped the journey:
- Gemini: for brainstorming and UI design ideas.
- Cursor Code Editor: to write and refactor code with AI assistance.
- Django framework: a powerful framework for building full-stack websites.
- Custom coding: for fixing the bugs made by AI assistants.
- JavaScript: to bring interactivity to the frontend — from smooth transitions to dynamic components.
- Bootstrap 5 (https://getbootstrap.com/): to speed up UI layout with prebuilt components and a solid grid system.
- CSS3: for fine-tuning styles, animations, and giving the site its own personality.
- Font Awesome(https://fontawesome.com/): because icons speak louder than text sometimes (and it just looks slick).
Getting Started
Once I had my tools and mindset in place, I focused on setting up the project structure. My goal was to keep the code clean, modular, and easy to maintain — especially for future edits.
To achieve that, I broke down the system into small, focused components — what I call "mini apps." Each handled a specific part of the functionality, making the codebase easier to scale and debug.
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├── core # My Core application that ill hold all the project configs
│ ├── asgi.py
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── __pycache__
│ ├── settings.py
│ ├── urls.py
│ └── wsgi.py
├── dashboard # The dashboard application for admin and landing page content
│ ├── admin.py
│ ├── apps.py
│ ├── context_processors
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── migrations
│ ├── models
│ ├── __pycache__
│ ├── static
│ ├── templates
│ ├── tests.py
│ ├── urls.py
│ └── views
├── frontend # the portfolio's UI: Landing page, projects, blog
│ ├── admin.py
│ ├── apps.py
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── migrations
│ ├── models.py
│ ├── __pycache__
│ ├── static
│ ├── templates
│ ├── tests.py
│ ├── urls.py
│ └── views
├── manage.py
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
├── static
└── user_auth # Basic User auth application (Login system)
├── admin.py
├── apps.py
├── __init__.py
├── migrations
├── models.py
├── __pycache__
├── static
├── templates
├── tests.py
├── urls.py
└── views
The Next Steps:
Setting up the project to ensure clean, readable code is the first step in every successful build.
Coding comes next. In the following part, I’ll walk you through how I:
- Generated a fully responsive landing page
- Built a fully responsive dashboard
- Fixed errors made by AI
Any Questions?: drop it down and lets discuss
Stay tuned for the next part
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Mohamed
Mohamed | Sciencx (2025-07-22T07:06:45+00:00) Behind the Scenes: Building My Modular Django Portfolio – PART 1. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/07/22/behind-the-scenes-building-my-modular-django-portfolio-part-1/
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